Brussels, 17 May 2011 – The European CARS 21 High-Level group organised on Friday 13 May 2011 a public hearing bringing together a wide group of stakeholdersinto presenting recommendations for the CARS 21 Final Reports. Jacques de Selliers, Managing Director of Going-Electric, Association for Electric Vehicles (EVs) in Europe, gave a presentation during which he highlighted four key points for a competitive EU automotive industry and sustainable mobility, and submitted a Position Paper, which is summarised hereafter.More...
Brussels, 17 May 2011 – The European CARS 21 High-Level group organised on Friday 13 May 2011 a public hearing bringing together a wide group of stakeholdersinto presenting recommendations for the CARS 21 Final Reports. Jacques de Selliers, Managing Director of Going-Electric, Association for Electric Vehicles (EVs) in Europe, gave a presentation during which he highlighted four key points for a competitive EU automotive industry and sustainable mobility, and submitted a Position Paper, which is summarised hereafter.More...
Going-Electric, jointly with two of its members, sent in June a request for a meeting to the Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) in the Transport, Environment and Industry commissions, proposing to exchange views on electric vehicles (EVs). We already met around this quarter about 30 MEPs. More...
July 2010: CEN-CENELEC Focus Group on Electro Mobility
Going-Electric is part of the CEN-CENELEC Focus Group defining standards
for charging electric vehicles.
Going-Electric targets to ensure that the mains need of EV users is met: being able to safely charge on domestic sockets. More...
April 2010: Going-Electric presentation at the EESC hearing
The upcoming Belgian EU Presidency decided to consult the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) for an exploratory opinion on the topic “Towards a widespread use of electric vehicles”. The EESC Section for Transport, Energy, Infrastructure and the Information Society invited Going-Electric to present its views at a public hearing it organised on 12 April 2010 in view of completing its position. More...
March 2010: Contribution to Clean and Energy-efficient Vehicles
DG-Enterprise and Industry organised in March 2010 a consultation on an European strategy on clean and energy-efficient vehicles, in view of drafting a European Commission’s Communication and possibly of reviewing the vision agreed in the "CARS 21 mid-term review". Going-Electric made a presentation at the public hearing on March 11 and submitted a written contribution on March 15. More...
May 2009: Letter to all MEPs
Three Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) have launched a Written Declaration for the promotion of electric cars. In support, Going-Electric sent a letter to all MEPs asking them to sign this Declaration. More...
March 2009: Contribution to the Future on Transport
As a first major step, we submitted to DG-Transport and Energy a contribution to the "Communication on the Future on Transport" to be adopted by the European Commission in June 2009. This communication is a first step towards a revision of the 2001 White Paper setting an agenda for the European transport policy throughout 2010. Going-Electric will participate to the future stakeholder consultations on this topic. More...
April 2009: Open letter to Geoff Hoon, UK Transport Secretary
On 16th April 2009 Mr. Geof Hoon, the UK Transport Secretary of State, announced a £250 m programme of support for electric vehicles. Going-Electric welcomes this programme but believes it is ill conceived on two points. More...
Our political guidelines
Going-Electric advocates for policies and directives effectively promoting Electric Vehicle (EVs) in Europe and creating incentives for consumers and producers that will foster their widespread commercialisation.
EVs are a cheap and effective way of reducing GHG emissions while significantly improving urban noise, air quality and energy security. Europe must become a leader in order to remain competitive and maintain jobs in the automotive sector. More...
EU registration
Going-Electric is registered in the EU Register of Interest Representatives under number 4856744583-30.
